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The wines of Big Basin Vineyards, Santa Cruz Mountains, California

October 22, 2021November 7, 2021 jamiegoode 5720 Views

Website: https://www.bigbasinvineyards.com/ Bradley Brown founded Big Basin Vineyards after a career in Silicon Valley. He’s based in the Santa Cruz

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The wines of Calder: focusing on California’s heritage varieties

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 jamiegoode 4548 Views

Website: https://calder.securecheckout.com/ Calder is the label of Rory Williams, son of John Williams of Frog’s Leap. Rory’s day job is

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Canada Features Profiles Regions 

Iconic Wineries of British Columbia: tasting some of the Okanagan’s top wines

October 7, 2021October 9, 2021 jamiegoode 10693 Views okanagan

Anthony Von Mandl’s empire of high-end BC wineries continues to grow and evolve. Jamie Goode tastes through some of their

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Italy Profiles 

The wines of Cortese, Sicily

October 3, 2021October 9, 2021 jamiegoode 5780 Views Sicily

Website: https://www.agricolacortese.com/ After protracted negotiations, Stefano and Marina Girelli purchased Cortese from Giovanno Cortese in 2016. It’s a wine estate

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Behind the scenes at Cramele Recas: Romania’s remarkable wine success story

September 30, 2021October 9, 2021 jamiegoode 11362 Views

Back in 1998, three families decided to invest in a winery in Romania. They started with 650 hectares of scraggly

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Australia Features Profiles 

Top McLaren Vale Grenache from Thistledown

September 25, 2021September 26, 2021 jamiegoode 4893 Views Grenache, McLaren Vale

Website: https://www.thistledownwines.com/ McLaren Vale Grenache is a success story at the moment. Many people have discovered that if you make

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Features Profiles 

Wongraven: where Norwegian black metal meets fine wine

August 31, 2021 jamiegoode 10020 Views

Website: https://www.wongravenwines.com/ Sigurd Wongraven became famous as front man for Norwegian black metal band Satyricon, but has also developed his

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Visiting Chanson, an impressive negociant and domaine, in Bourgogne

August 17, 2021 jamiegoode 8685 Views

Website: http://www.domaine-chanson.com/en Maison Chanson (also known as Domaine Chanson for their domaine wines) was founded in 1750, and still occupies

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The wines of Luis Seabra, Portugal

August 12, 2021August 12, 2021 jamiegoode 14909 Views Dão, Douro, granite, Schist, Vinho Verde

Luis Seabra made his name as winemaker for Niepoort, before leaving to set up his own project in 2013. Seabra’s

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Australia Profiles Regions 

Koerner: a new producer from the Clare Valley now making some of Australia’s most exciting wines

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 jamiegoode 7344 Views Clare Valley, Riesling

Website: https://koernerwine.com.au/ The vineyards that are behind new Clare Valley superstar Koerner have been in the family for 45 years

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Book review: The Science of Fermentation
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Book review: The Science of Fermentation

November 2, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.dk.com/us/book/9798217126477-the-science-of-fermentation/ Robin Sherriff The Science of Fermentation: explore the fascinating alchemy of fermented food and drinkDorling Kindersley This is

Wine and travel as competitive sports
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Wine and travel as competitive sports

November 1, 2025November 1, 2025 jamiegoode
Book review: Izabela Kamińska Wild yeast – stories about wine
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Book review: Izabela Kamińska Wild yeast – stories about wine

October 30, 2025 jamiegoode
Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership
California Features Latest 

Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership

October 28, 2025October 29, 2025 jamiegoode

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About Us

Wine anorak is one of the leading wine websites. This is the latest version of the site that began life in 1999, and was founded by Jamie Goode, who at the time was working as a science editor.

Since then it has grown, and Jamie is now a full-time wine writer, lecturer, wine judge and book author.

This is an explanation of what an anorak is.

Disclosure: unless otherwise clearly marked, the articles on this site are free of conflicts of interest. Any sponsored content will be clearly marked, and potential conflicts of interest will also be disclosed. As is normal in the wine industry, many of the wines tasted here are free samples and some travel is sponsored by others (for example, regional bodies or groups of producers), but in these cases no guarantees of coverage are given.

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